Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread. I did make Kagen and I am ready to cooperate with anyone if they want to put him into another story.

BC says, "This planet is…"

Magno says, "It seems to be dead."

"Captain, lets disembark. There might be some information on their operation."

"BC. I'm not worried about you, but the other girls…"

They both look at the view screen showing the dead planet.

In the Vanguard bay

Kagen hears movement from the entrance and turns to see Dita sneaking over to Hibiki, who is preoccupied with fixing his Vanguard. Kagen chuckles and sits back to watch in amusement.

Hibiki says to his Vanguard,

"They treat others a little too harshly here. Right, partner?" Then Dita sneaks up to the platform. Hibiki continues saying,

"Jeez, they really don't understand. Just who do they think is responsible--" Dita shoots a kiss at him causing him to lose his balance and fall flat on his back. Hibiki says,

"Maybe I'm not eating well." Dita walks up to him and asks, "Are you all right?"

Hibiki looks up and ends up looking up her skirt. He blinks and Dita stares at him wondering, 'Why hasn't he answered me?' She then looks down and Hibiki gulps.

Kagen then starts laughing out loud. Hibiki sits up and asks, "What are you laughing at?" Kagen says,

"If I told you, it would just upset her." Hibiki thinks, 'He's right! If she knew that I got a good look up her skirt…well I don't know what she would do!' Hibiki says,

"Whatever. I'm going to go talk to Duero."

In the Infirmary

Duero attaches probes to Hibiki's face and starts rubbing Hibiki's leg in the course of the physical examination then he moves further up the leg. Hibiki doesn't like this and moves away quickly asking,

"W-What the hell are you doing!"

"A clinical check-up."

"Don't touch me in weird places."

"You seem to be rather spent."

"You know…when you're out fighting with women, you're gonna get tired. I'm protecting them." Kagen says from the doorway,

"You're protecting those women?" He then walks out of the room laughing insanely. Hibiki ignores Kagen's laughter and says,

"O-Or rather…I'm stronger than they are." Hibiki's heart monitor starts beeping faster as he continues saying,

"Women are, you know, weak and um…" Duero notices the monitor and says, "Let's stop talking about women." Paiway asks,

"What is this? A game?" Duero asks, "Haven't you seen a pulse-meter before?"

"It doesn't matter if I have. Organ problems can be fixed in the Jacuzzi!"

"Jacuzzi?"

In the women's lounge

A therapist is massaging Jura's legs; another is giving her a manicure. Jura says,

"Fighting really damages my hair." A therapist says,

"Don't worry. I'll protect the way you look, Jura."

"Thanks. When my hair isn't set right, I don't feel like fighting as much. Meia, you want to lose even more weight?"

"Excess body fat gets in the way of combat."

"You won't have any breasts left!"

"No need to worry. I can take care of myself." Pyoro says, "I don't understand humans."

Dita is in the trapeza looking through the dishes. Barnette walks in and reaches for a dish, but Dita snatches it before Barnette can grab it. Dita says,

"It's mine!"

"Dita! That thing's loaded with calories."

"It's all right. It's all right. He was saying he wasn't eating well!" Barnette is confused and then Kagen says,

"Don't blame her. It was the easiest way for her to decide. She figured that if you liked it then he would like it."

Barnette turns to Kagen and he hands her another of the same dish. Barnette is startled and says, "Thanks."

Kagen is shocked that she responded so kindly. Barnette looks back at him and says, "Why are you staring at me?"

"I never have heard you say anything to me that was so polite. It was beautiful." Barnette says, "Well quit staring at me and leave."

Kagen shrugs and thinks, 'She must be still in shock because she said that nicely too.' Kagen stops at the door and says, "You have a really beautiful voice when it isn't spiked with hate."

"Get out!" Kagen walks out the door and down the hall.

"What did I say? That was a compliment and it was the truth. Oh, well."

On the bridge

"Heat source response confirmed on the planet."

"I can't tell much due to a large sandstorm…but the response looks like an artificial building." Ezra says.

BC says, "Let's disembark. We might be able to find something."

Magno says, "Our kitchen is running really low on supplies. I guess we'll go about it the traditional pirates' way."

BC says, "Thank you very much. Start monitoring the weather! We need to figure out the best time to go."

Belvedere says, "Roger."

Dita is trying to sneak food out of the kitchen when the intercom goes off saying, "Attention all pilots and crew members. As part of the away mission…all members should begin Vanguard simulations at once."

Hibiki sits up angrily and says, "What! Women are going in the Van-types?"

In the Vanguard bay

The Vanguards are being painted and refitted. Barnette says,

"Sheesh. I know it's impossible to land on the planet in the Dreads…but to pilot men's Vanguards, of all things."

Kagen says, "They aren't that bad once you get to know them. Kinda like us men. But I guess you don't have much experience thinking for yourself Barnette, considering you blindly hate all men. You've seen what I can do in one of these, and I haven't really figured out all the new systems in mine."

Barnette is shocked at how relentless Kagen's comment was. She thinks, 'Ouch! Am I that rough with him? I guess I deserved that. Not that I'll ever admit it.'

Jura says, "I don't care what it is. As long as I can combine into something wonderful."

Kagen starts to say something but changes his mind as he sees one of the engineers moving toward his Vanguard. He starts to walk toward his Vanguard.

Bart says, "If anyone has any questions, please ask me. I've had endless training when I was in the military academy. You could say when it comes to Van-types--

At this Kagen turns around just in time to see Bart get smacked in the head by the lift. Kagen shakes his head as the engineer says,

"What are you doing under the lift? Sheesh, we're busy so get out of the way!" Kagen stops the engineer before she fires the paint cannon at his Vanguard. He says,

"Please don't. I like it that way. No one but me will be using that one. Move along, this one doesn't need a paint job."

Kagen then thinks, 'Opps, if they were going to paint mine then they will defiantly try to paint Hibiki's!' He immediately jumps up and catches a rope. He then climbs up into the rafters, and looks around for a sheet.

Hibiki comes running in to see Dita holding a paint gun standing on the platform in front of his Vanguard. Dita cocks the paint gun and says,

"I'll make yours all clean and pretty, Mr. Alien!" Hibiki shouts,

"Wait!" She levels the gun and Kagen drops the sheet. (It is pretty far up and will take a few minutes to fall.) Hibiki makes a desperate leap and comes between the gun and his Vanguard right as it fires. The sheet falls between Hibiki and the Vanguard as the paint gun fires. Hibiki says,

"I made it…" Kagen quickly pulls the sheet back up. Hibiki then says,

"What the hell do you think you are doing!"

Dita is just overjoyed and says, "A pink Mr. Alien! How cute!"

Hibiki says under his breath, "This girl…"

On the Bridge

Belvedere says, "We have a heat response, but no responses for life-forms."

Amarone asks, "Hey, could it be THAT thing—"

"You mean the razing?"

BC says, "Don't stop monitoring. We'll head down when the storm subsides."

Amarone and Belvedere both say, "Roger!"

The girls are training in the simulators. Kagen's, in the simulation Vanguard, moves toward Jura with a blade extended from the elbow.

The two of them clash blades and the other tries to punch but misses and keeps moving because of momentum.

"Damn it! No!" It keeps spinning and Kagen catches the foot. Jura says,

"I can't take this! Why can't this baby move around with more elegance?" Kagen laughs and says,

"In space you have to compensate for your own movements. We should be doing a land simulation. In space your momentum carries you if you aren't careful. Elegance is earned with practice." Jura says,

"Well I quit." Kagen says,

"You won't learn anything that way!" As Jura's simulation pod opens Pyoro says,

"Without permission…" Kagen says,

"Let her go. If she won't learn than she is a waste of my time."

Duero says, "It looks like I'll need to be on the bridge as well."

Hibiki says, "I told you so. There's no way that women can control the Van-types."

Kagen says, "Don't be so conceited Hibiki. You're starting to sound like Barnette."

Barnette thinks, 'Why is he picking on me? I guess I do deserve it, but it hurts when it comes from him. Why is that?'

Meia is breathing heavily and then two missiles destroy her. A view-screen pops up and Kagen says,

"Good job! You are the fastest learning cadet I've ever had to train." He then notices that she is breathing heavily and asks,

"Are you ok? You don't need to push your self so hard. Take it easy. Breath for a second." Meia's breathing slows down as she catches her breath.

"Thanks." Duero cuts in and asks,

"Are there medical overrides on Mejale? In cases like this on Tarak…doctors have the authority to stop pilots from scrambling. Do you agree?"

"No!"

"Then try switching your field of view to all directions. That should lessen the impact on your body."

"Leave me alone. I won't take help from anyone. I can overcome any obstacle myself!"

Kagen says to Duero as the simulation ends, "Fears are better faced and broken than avoided and kept festering." Duero thinks, 'That's it! The extra stress is caused by an emotional reaction! It is so simple!'

Bart says, "Let's see…How to use the ten-in-one knife shield. Following the will of the pilot…Hey, simultaneous use with the electron pulse beam…It's possible!" Hibiki says,

"Idiot. You'll be doing that for the rest of your life." Kagen says,

"Not necessarily. I wrote that book very simply for cadets. It only contains the Basic Advanced moves. I left the rest up to their imagination." Kagen looks up and sees that Meia is still in the simulator. He walks over and knocks on the hatch and says,

"Get out of there and take a break! Don't make me prevent you from launching! I can and will!"

Hibiki is looking at Kagen and is shaking his head. Then he turns his head around right in between Jura's boobs. Jura says,

"All right? You'll be combining with me, Jura, next. I hope you keep that engraved in your mind." As she walks away Hibiki asks,

"W-What was that all about?"

Meia's simulator hatch finally opens and Duero walks up and says, "I'm worried…Your sudden change of pulse…seems to be from something emotional. Do you have any idea where it comes from?" "Your diagnosis is wrong. This is just fatigue, Doctor." "Since you're so adamant about it…I'd say it's rather serious." Kagen cuts in and says, "The heart rate increase would be accounted for by adrenaline. And don't you see how tired I am after a battle? It is nothing more than that. But please Meia. You don't need to force yourself so hard. If you push yourself this much during training then I worry that you will push yourself too much and well…kill yourself." Meia gets up and trips only to be caught by Kagen. She throws him off and continues walking. After a few steps she says, "Excessive nosiness bothers me!" Then she walks out of the room. Pyoro asks, "Why do humans always overexert themselves? I don't get it." Kagen acts like he doesn't hear Pyoro and leaves the room. Duero says, "That is why they're interesting. Don't you think so?" "Not really." "To go against primal instincts, holding back desire…Only humans act like that. They're rather interesting creatures." "You know, it's not really…"

Hibiki has had enough and calls the Captain saying, "Old hag, are you there?"

"There's one right here. What is it, little one?"

"Don't let them mess with the Van-types! Sheesh, they're nothing but annoying. In any case…" Dita's voice comes through saying, "Hey, there you are!" Hibiki says, "Dita!" and cuts the signal.

Magno says, "How ironic. It's become much livelier since we picked up those men."

BC says, "Sure…"

In the hallway

Hibiki backs away from Dita and asks, "What is it this time?"

Dita hands him a box lunch and says, "Here! Eat up! You like women's food, right?"

Hibiki gulps as he takes the lunch and walks to the garden to eat it.

In the garden

Hibiki is eating like crazy and he notices that Dita is staring at him eat. He turns away and she moves to see him. He asks, "W-What are you looking at?"

Dita says, "I just want to watch!" Hibiki frowns and starts eating again. Dita says, "When you eat it like that, it makes me feel so happy!"

Paiway is hanging from a tree and takes a picture saying, "Pai-check!"

In the women's showers

Paiway says to Jura, "And so, they were together having lunch on a mat alone! That guy was at Dita's will with just one boxed lunch!"

Jura says, "I see…

In the kitchen

Barnette puts some wine on the steak that she is cooking and asks, "Why do I have to cook because of that?"

Jura says, "It's so I can combine. Don't you love me when I'm beautiful, Barnette?"

Barnette looks at the ingredients and sees some hot sauce. She thinks, 'Maybe I can get some fun out of this after all.' She says, "Here! It's done." "I love you, Barnette!" Bart sneaks around under the table. "Let's hurry up and call him over here." As they leave Bart peeks out from under the table to make sure they leave. As soon as they do he gets up and says, "So this is women's food…" He grabs a piece of what Barnette just cooked and eats it. Suddenly he stands up and shoots flames out his mouth and his lips swell up.

In the garden

Kagen looks up from the bench he is lying on as Jura and Barnette set up. He thinks, 'I wonder what they are up to?' As they both leave Kagen peeks under the platter covers and sees the food. His stomach reminds him that he hasn't eaten in hours. He thinks, 'I was too busy training people to eat. I hope they let me have the scraps if there are any. It smells good.' He hears them coming back and lies back down on the bench again. Barnette notices him this time and thinks, 'I guess he couldn't get to sleep in his room. He must be tired after training us. I haven't seen him get something to eat yet either.' She and Jura put Hibiki down in front of the table as Hibiki asks, "W-What's this? What are you guys planning to do?" Barnette removes the platter cover and Kagen catches a whiff of the food making him sit up and take notice. Hibiki almost drools over it and then Jura says, "If you combine with me, you can eat it." Hibiki then turns away from the food and says, "T-Then I don't want it!" "It's so good it's to die for." Hibiki swallows. Kagen just hopelessly looks on.

In the kitchen

Bart gets a glass and is filling it with some water. He drinks it and Dita comes in looking for Hibiki. She asks, "Are you here, Mr. Alien?"

Bart turns to face her and says, "H-Hi…It's you."

"Oh, Mr. Pilot. What's wrong? Your face is…"

He drops his glass and covers his lips. He says, "O-Oh, nothing."

One of Dita's ice creams is melting so she holds it out and asks, "Want some?"

Bart suddenly screams and says, "N-No, I'll have some another time! See ya!" As Bart leaves Ezra emerges from the back room carrying lemons.

Ezra says, "Men are strange. He snuck in here and was licking the pot."

"Ezra, what are you doing here?"

"I've been craving sour food recently."

Amarone says, "The planet surface has stabilized."

BC says, "This is our only chance! All pilots, stand by to disembark!"

The alarm goes off as Hibiki is bringing the food to his mouth. Hibiki looks at the food and then leaps off in the direction of the Hangar bay saying,

"This isn't the time for this kinda stuff!" As Hibiki runs off Jura says,

"Hey, you have to keep your promise!"

Barnette manages to catch all the pieces and looks disappointed. Kagen walks up and says,

"I'll eat it. I haven't eaten in hours and if I'm going on a mission I'll need something in my belly." Barnette hands him the food and smiles. Kagen wolfs it down in record time and exclaims,

"Wow! That was… Wow! That was great. How did you know that I needed something spicy to wake me up?" Barnette says in shock,

"No flames? He liked it?" Kagen notices that that was her thinking out loud and says,

"You don't have time for this. You have to be on that drop ship now." Barnette snaps out of it and they run to the Vanguard bay. Kagen looks around and asks,

"Where is Meia? I'll go get her. You all go on without us. We'll catch up." Kagen runs out of the room and down the hallway. Hibiki launches saying,

"I won't let things like women…ruin the image of my valuable partner!" The others are in the drop ship and it launches shortly after Hibiki does. Hibiki looks back and says,

"Damn them all!" Then he speeds up to get away from them. The drop ship speeds up and starts to catch up with him. Jura says,

"I won't let you get away that easily." Dita says, "No! Mr. Alien is going to combine with me!" "Quiet!" Barnette says,

"Oh my." Then they start reentry. Hibiki deploys his umbrella to shield himself and the drop ship takes the heat for the rest. The drop ship falls apart and they are all floating down on their umbrellas. As they near the ground the umbrella disintegrates and they use their boosters to land. Jura lands on her back. Hibiki crashes his umbrella into the sand.

Back on the Nirvana

Kagen has woken up Meia and they have arrived at the Vanguard bay. Meia says,

"I'm late." Kagen says,

"You don't need to push yourself. I'm sure they will be all right with out you, Meia."

"I can't let that happen! I have my responsibilities!" Pyoro says,

"But the drop ship was a one-way trip. There aren't any others." Kagen and Meia say,

"What?" Kagen continues saying,

"You could've told me that sooner, Pyoro! Meia, if you really want to go, I know another way to go through re-entry. I only suggest this because I believe that you are competent enough to pull it off. I'll talk about it on the way." They both get in their cockpits and launch with umbrellas in hand.

On the surface

Jura says, "There's nothing here."

Barnette says, "There's no need for Meia to join us."

Dita says, "Wow, it's all sand!" Jura and Barnette start walking around as Hibiki walks up the slope.

He says, "W-Wait a minute! Don't go off on…" He then slips and slides down the other side of the hill.

Dita says, "Mr. Alien!" and reaches for him as he slides. Then he says,

"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've been on land, too. Sheesh, this doesn't look too cool." Jura walks over and bends her Vanguard over his and says,

"Hey, why can't we hurry up with it?"

"Y-You've got to be kidding!" He then looks up as Dita's Vanguard approaches.

Jura says, "Dita!"

"Mr. Alien is going to do it with me!"

"Hey, you! Who do you think you're talking to?"

"Anyway, you can't!" Hibiki shouts,

"That's enough!" and he launches off the ground and accidentally activates a defense grid of lasers. Quickly lasers cover the sky in a dome shape. Barnette asks,

"What's that?" Then one of the beams hits Hibiki's Vanguard in mid air and he falls to the ground after a few minutes of being shocked. Dita says,

"Mr. Alien!" Jura says, "What is it now?"

On the Nirvana

Duero says, "Their pulses are rising. It looks like something happened!" BC says,

"Report." Amarone says,

"A defense system seems to have been activated!" Belvedere says,

"The team has been surrounded by a shield that has sprung up!" BC says,

"Landing party, do you copy?" Jura says,

"What is this?" Barnette says,

"It's no use. We're completely trapped in here!" Dita says,

"Mr. Alien's going to die!" BC says,

"Calm down! What kind of trap is it?" Jura screams and Barnette says,

"A-Actually, it's…" Dita says,

"The sand is attacking us!" BC says,

"W-What?"

On the surface

Hibiki's Vanguard is steadily getting engulfed in sand and he asks,

"W-What is with this sand?" Dita's Vanguard is getting sand on it too and she is trying to wipe it off with her hands. She says,

"No! This sand is a little strange…" she looks at some of it on her palm and then it starts moving to cover her whole hand. Jura asks,

"What is this?" Barnette says, "It seems like it's alive." BC says, "Do an analysis." Belvedere says, "Roger!"

Finally Kagen and Meia have gotten through re-entry and they disintegrate their umbrellas and fall down using only their boosters to land. Meia says,

"This is Meia. Where is everyone? Copy!" Duero gets Meia's and Kagen's heart monitor readings and says,

"She's overexerting herself." Hibiki falls to his knees as the sand covers his Vanguard completely. He says,

"Damn it, what's going on? I can't move!" He tries to move and falls over on his back. Dita says,

"Mr. Alien…Wait a little bit. I'll save you now." She starts to move and Hibiki says,

"Don't move so much! It'll just get harder!" Jura says,

"Leave it to me!" She flies in and uses her intake as a vacuum cleaner in reverse and blows all the sand off Hibiki's Vanguard. Hibiki says,

"All right!" Jura says,

"As a reward you have to do you-know-what."

"Are you still saying stupid stuff like that? I only combine with your Dreads, right? How am I supposed to combine with another Van-type?"

"You're kidding. Geez, I never would have come if I'd known that!" Kagen says,

"That is the exact reason I did not tell you." He asks Duero,

"Could you make it to where I can see Meia's heart rate? It might be easier for me to stop her from overexerting herself. You would just make her mad. No offense." Duero thinks about it and says,

"None taken. I can do that." Suddenly a new window opens up showing Meia's heartbeat.

"Thanks Duero. Meia, don't forget to turn on your eye so that you can see after you land. I'm right here if you have any questions. Heck, I wrote the book on piloting these." Then they hit the ground and Meia lands on her hands and feet. Kagen lands after carefully adjusting his Vanguard's feet for more surface area. Meia's heartbeat increases as her fear takes hold. Kagen says,

"Remember to turn on your vision. Can't do much if you can't see." Meia turns it on and her heartbeat decreases until she sees the sand start to move.

Kagen turns and sees the sand moving. It takes the form of a Vanguard and then launches itself at Meia. Kagen leaps in its path and his Vanguard is covered in seconds. He still couldn't block it all and her Vanguard was hit as well as his. She screams in panic as she is being engulfed in the sand.

Suddenly both Kagen and Meia disappear from the radar. Belvedere says, "Meia and Kagen have vanished from the radar!" BC says,

"What?" Duero says,

"The pilots are confused. It's a dangerous situation." Meia is sitting in her cockpit with her hands on her face saying,

"I'm… I'm scared." BC says,

"Jura! Barnette! Can you hear me? We've lost Meia and Kagen! I want you to search for them!" They both say,

"Roger!" Then all of them lose their communications. BC says, "What's wrong, everyone?"

Barnette says, "W-What in the world is this?" The sand has taken the form of Vanguards and starts to fight the remaining team members. One attacks Jura with a punch but she blocks and then she is attacked again. She says,

"Someone, help me! Damn it!" Dita says,

"No, get away!" BC asks,

"What in the world is going on down there?" Amarone's console beeps and she says,

"The analysis results are in." BC says,

"Put it up on the monitor."

"This square thing has a will and is controlling the sand…apparently."

Magno says, "Just as I thought. It was a trap that they had left behind."

Suddenly the sand rises up in a wave and tries to swallow up Dita. Hibiki comes between Jura and the sand Vanguard. He pushes them apart and almost takes a kick to the head by the sand Vanguard and then he ducks a punch and it hits Dita in the face. Hibiki chops through the sand Vanguard and it dissipates. He punches another one only to get his hand stuck in it. He finally pulls it out and asks,

"Is this a total waste of time?" Dita says,

"The sand is copying the system of the Vanguards! It's like they're draining the blood out of us!" Barnette walks out of the storm asks,

"Meia, where are you?" She sees Meia's Vanguard as the sand completely covers it. She says,

"Meia!" she quickly gets over there and flips a shovel out of her elbow and starts to shovel the sand off of her. Suddenly Meia's Vanguard punches Barnette off and blasts off into the sky and touches one of the laser beams setting off the alarm again. Barnette asks,

"What?" Suddenly Kagen's Vanguard glows starting from the palms and growing outward. Belvedere says,

"The self-destruct sequence of the system has been activated. 300 seconds until detonation!" Magno says,

"That's not good." BC says,

"Landing party, return to the ship now!" Hibiki says,

"Don't say it like it's easy! If we could, we would've!" Kagen breaks free in a flash of light as Meia walks up the slope towards Hibiki. Hibiki sees Meia and says,

"Here they come again!" He draws a sword and readies himself to throw it. Then Barnette says,

"Wait! That is Meia! The sand swallowed her up and is controlling her!" Hibiki asks in disbelief,

"What?" Belvedere says,

"200 seconds until detonation!" Kagen launches himself at Meia shouting,

"Snap out of it! You can fight it!" He tackles Meia to the ground and starts wiping sand off her.

"You can't fear this! Claustrophobia is not something you want to live with! Beat it!" She says,

"Stop it. Don't bother with me." Kagen says,

"Don't be so damn selfish! Too many people depend on you for you to just quit! I believe in you! Don't let me down now! You will not die in front of me!"

The palms of Kagen's Vanguard start to glow at that and Kagen says to Hibiki,

"I'll have her free in a moment. Destroy as many towers as you can. We will need an escape hole in that shield!" Belvedere says,

"120 seconds until detonation!" BC says,

"Landing party!"

Hibiki says, "I know!" And starts slicing away at the shield generators. Kagen's palms are charged up and he strikes them against Meia's Vanguard blasting all the sand from the Vanguard. Kagen then throws a sword at the machine controlling the sand and completely destroys it. Meia says,

"To think I owe a man a debt now." Kagen says,

"Are you an idiot? This is life and death. Man or woman it is still the same. If you don't want to die, then grab my hand!" Belvedere says,

"30 seconds left!" BC says,

"All units, hurry up with your retreat!" Kagen says,

"Come on!" Meia grabs Kagen's hand.

Back in the Nirvana

The counter reaches 0 seconds. Belvedere says,

"The limit…" The screen shows explosions all over the planet. Suddenly everyone's heart readings come back except for Kagen's. Duero says,

"Where is Kagen's?" BC and Magno look over at him. Then Kagen's heart reading comes up a few seconds after that. Ezra says,

"All the Vanguards are safe!" Belvedere says,

"We intercepted some data from the planet." BC says,

"Read it." Belvedere looks up and says,

"Huh?" BC says,

"What's wrong? Didn't you hear me?" Belvedere says,

"I'm sorry. I'll read it now. This season's harvest items. Red blood cells, white blood cells…platelets, lymph cells, etc. All components in good condition. This is where the data ends." BC says,

"Captain! This is…" Magno says,

"It looks like the enemy really wanted to harvest us. I guess they think of us as something like vegetables. There is one thing that I have learned from this incident. It is that we are facing something truly formidable."

Barnette thinks, 'I doubt that Meia would've made it if he hadn't thrown her clear of the blast and took it himself. His Vanguard was only lagging behind because he expended a lot of power when he did those blasts. I doubt that any of us would've made it out if he hadn't shielded us.'

Meia thinks, 'What a disgrace. To have my life saved by a man. And of all men…' Kagen's cockpit opens and he stumbles out of it and then he looks at her.

She thinks, 'He looks exhausted.' Meia quickly looks away before her eyes betray her. Paiway takes a picture and says,

"Pai-check!" Pyoro says,

"I really don't understand humans after all." Paiway asks him,

"What's going to happen once you understand them?" Pyoro asks Paiway,

"What's going to happen now that you've checked them out?" Paiway says,

"What a mean robot." Pyoro says,

"Shut up."

Kagen notices and walks stoically out the door and to his room where he passes out on his bed.

SAND DOES NOT FREEZE! Mud might freeze but sand will not. Why else would they put it on the roads when they freeze? The gems on the Vanguard's palms are what inspired the idea of an energy blast. At one point I thought that this would've been a good point to kill him. That was before I realized that this is only the 5th episode and really I don't want to kill him. I mean to kill him while he is still just starting to reach the girls and teach them to accept people as they are. Not judge them by gender. Sorry for beating up on Barnette during this episode. I felt she deserved it. If you want more of that tell me in a review! This no reviewing just gets on my nerves and makes me want to stop writing entirely. Not that I ever will stop writing. (I'm way too stubborn for that.)